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Photo of Wilted Lettuce with Bacon by Crystal Kanaley

Wilted Lettuce with Bacon

Rated as 4 out of 5 Stars
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"This is an old recipe passed down from my great-grandma. I remember the whole family getting together on Sunday afternoons and she would always have a feast ready for us. This was always a family favorite."
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Ingredients

25 m servings 117 cals
Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

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  1. Place bacon in a large skillet; cook and stir over medium-high heat until evenly browned and crispy, about 10 minutes. Add lettuce; cook and stir in the bacon grease until lettuce wilts, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix buttermilk, salt, and pepper into bacon-lettuce mixture; cook and stir until buttermilk sauce thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk flour into sauce if needed to thicken.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 117 calories; 5.7 g fat; 8 g carbohydrates; 8.5 g protein; 16 mg cholesterol; 382 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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It was better than I thought it would be! Really like it!

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Made this with our first lettuce from the garden. It was not a head of red leaf, but instead a mixture of red and green leaf lettuce. It was better than we both were anticipating. You do have...

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